Features of regulation of legal relations in the field of digital financial assets in the Russian Federation

The article reveals a number of aspects of digital financial assets in the form of cryptocurrencies as a subject of legal regulation taking into account the mechanism of cryptocurrency formation and peculiarities of its use in economic activity. The analysis of approaches of public authorities of the Russian Federation to cryptocurrency as a means of payment. An analogy between cryptocurrency and “classical” money is presented, taking into account the specific properties of cryptocurrency as a specific information technology aimed at solving a practical mathematical problem. The analysis of a number of Russian bills aimed at the legal regulation of digital rights and digital financial assets, which will legalize the use of cryptocurrencies in our country.